Kindled

Kindled (Stacy Wills, 2015)

acrylic on canvas, cropped from larger painting

"And it came to pass…when I was 42 years and 7 months old, that the heavens were opened and a blinding light of exceptional brilliance flowed through my entire brain…it kindled my whole heart and breast like a flame, not burning but warming…and suddenly I understood…"

                                                                                                               

                                                             -Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

Sitting

Sitting (Stacy Wills, 2015)

24" x 36" acrylic on canvas

Love came and emptied me of self,

every vein and every pore,

made into a container

to be filled by the Beloved.

Of me, only a name is left,

the rest is You my Friend,

my Beloved.

Abu-Said Abil Kheir,

Sufi poet (967-1049)